Inventory Optimization with SAP - Hardcover

Hoppe, Marc

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592292054 ISBN 13: 9781592292059

Publisher: SAP Press, 2008

Synopsis

How can you reduce expensive warehouse stock without risking your customer satisfaction, ability to deliver, and market position? This book teaches you how by providing clear, straightforward details about the SAP system options for implementing efficient inventory management. You'll learn about all of the different functions of SAP ERP and SAP SCM (SAP APO) that are needed to master inventory optimization. In addition, you'll learn about the critical factors that affect your inventory, from inventory analysis, demand planning, and MRP, to service level, lot size, production, and inventory monitoring. This completely updated and expanded second edition includes new sections on MRP and inventory controlling, and is based on SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP SCM 5.1.

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About the Author

After finishing his studies in business administration at Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen in Luneburg, Germany, and at John Moores University in Liverpool, England, Marc Hoppe joined CAS AG, Germany as an SAP developer in the logistics and production planning areas. Later, he became a logistics consultant and was responsible for implementing national and international SAP R/3 projects. Since 1998, he has worked as a Supply Chain Management (SCM) consultant at SAP SI AG. Marc Hoppe is responsible for the business-relevant and IT-based implementation and optimization of SCM processes, as well as the re-engineering of entire supply chain processes. In 2001, he became Consulting Director for SCM, and since 2003, he has managed additionally the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) unit. Marc Hoppe consults for large corporations such as Siemens, Unilever, Gillette, Philips, Deutsche Telekom, and Philip Morris, as well as medium-sized companies like G+H Isover or Fertiva. He has published numerous works on inventory optimization.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAP Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592292054
• ISBN 13: 9781592292059
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 704